﻿Langdon Bay, and Lydden Spout near Dover: Mr. J. Woods, jun. — Mon- 

 mouthsh. At Persfield near Chepstow: Sir T. G. Cullum. — Somersetsh. In 

 Leigh Wood near Bristol ; and near Watciiet: Mr. E. Forster, jun. Hedges 

 about Dunster: D. Turner, Esq. — Sussex; Offham Hanger near Arundel ; 

 and above Houghton Chalk Pits: W. Borrer, Esq. — WALES. Anglesey; 

 Below the old Park near Beaumares; Carreg Onen: Rev. H. Davies. — Cardi- 

 gansh. Near the Devil's Bridge: Mr. J. Woods, jun. — Carnarvonsh. Glod- 

 daeth : Mr. Pennant. Llandidno Rocks ; and in the fissures of the Rocks on 

 North side of Penmaen Mawr : Mr. Griffith. — IRELAND. Rocks on Howth 

 and at Killiney Hill ; also on limestone rocks at Muckruss, Killarney : Mr. 

 J. T. Mackay. 



Perennial. — Flowers in June and July. 



Root (fig. 5.) creeping, fleshy and tender, penetrating deeply into 

 the fissures of rocks ; its outer coat of a tawny colour. Stems se- 

 veral, climbing, 4-angled, the angles set with prickles which point 

 backwards, perennial and partly shrubby. Leaves elliptical or 

 spear-shaped, evergreen, even and shining on the upper surface, 

 prickly at the edges and along the mid-rib on the under side, from 

 3 to 6 in a whorl, but mostly 5. Flowers yellowish-green, in forked 

 terminal panicles. Calyx wanting. Corolla (fig. 1.) concave but 

 shallow, mostly 5-parted, but occasionally 4 or 6. Germen smooth. 

 Berries juicy, in pairs, black and shining ; one of them often abor- 

 tive. The plant in climbing up the rocks and through the shrubs 

 supports itself by means of the prickles on the angles of the stem, 

 and under the margins and mid-ribs of the leaves. This species 

 is said to possess the same qualities as the Cultivated Madder 

 ( Rubia tmctorium), but in a less degree. 



The Natural Order Stellat.e, is composed of dicotyledonous herbaceous 

 plants, with whorled leaves, without stipulse : square stems; roots staining 

 red; and flowers minute. They have a superior, 4-, 5,- or 6-lobed calyx ; a 

 monopetalous, wheel-shaped or tubular, regular corolla (fig. 1.), the number of 

 its divisions being equal to those of the calyx, into which it is inserted. The 

 stamens are equal in number to the lobes of the corolla, and alternate with 

 them. The ovary (fig. 2.) is simple, and 2-celled ; the ovules solitary and erect ; 

 and the style is simple, with 2 stiymas. The fruit (figs. 3 & 4.) consists of a 

 dry indehiscent pericarpium, with 2 cells and 2 seeds. The seeds are upright 

 and solitary; the embryo straight in the axis of horny albumen ; the radical 

 inferior ; and the cotyledons leafy. See Lindl. Jntrod. to Nat. Syst. of Hot. 



p. 202 . 



“ Happier, in my judgment, 



The wandering Herbalist, who, clear alike 

 Erom vain, and, that worse evil, vexing thoughts, 

 Casts on these uncouth forms a slight regard 

 Of transitory interest, and peeps round 

 For some rare floweret of the hills, or plant 

 Of craggy fountain ; what he hopes for wins, 



Or learns, at least, that ’tis not to be won : 



Then, keen and eager, as a fine nos’d hound 

 By soul-engrossing instinct driven along 

 Through wood or opeu field, the harmless man 

 Departs, intent upon his onward quest ! 



No floweret blooms 



Throughout the lofty range of these rough hills, 

 Or in the woods, that could from him conceal 

 Its birth-place.” — WonDswoniu. 



